Udhampur, July 26: The residents of Upper Rassain, Palal, Suilaid, Ban Puji, Chutain, Sentha, Guddian, Madorta and adjoining areas on Sunday held protests demanding health department to make the Sub Centre Upper Rassain in tehsil Ramnagar functional. The protestors were raising slogans against the Health Department and demanded immediate posting of a Medical Assistant in the Sub Center to make it functional. The villagers said that this Sub Center has only one sanctioned post of a Medical Assistant for serving such a vast area. The villagers alleged that local patients have been suffering for last one year as the said centre has turned non functional in absence of a Medical Assistant sanctioned for the centre. The also demanded the sanctioning of a doctor. The villagers said that the lady Medical Assistant of the said centre has gone on maternity leave and BMO Ramnagar posted here another Medical Assistant, who never joined the duties,” they explained. Some villagers said that the same female Medical Assistant was again posted in the Sub-Centre but she also did not join her duties. “Even as the matter was variously brought into the notice of the concerned BMO but all in vain,” they lamented. The villagers threatened to launch a violent protest against the Health Department if the Health Sub Center is not made functional by posting Medical Assistant at the earliest The protesting villagers were addressed by Tara Chand, Krishan Lal, Hajru Ram, Vikram Chand, Bablu Ram, Kaku Ram,Suram Chand, Nath Chand and others. BMO Ramnagar Mehboob Iqbal said that health worker could not go to the village because road to Upper Rassain was lying closed due to landslide.
